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    Trump acknowledges he could lose to Clinton

    AUGUST 11, 2016 5:11 PM

    Trump acknowledges he could lose to Clinton

    Straying from his trademark bravado, Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday that his presidential campaign is facing challenges and could ultimately fall short — a rare expression of humility by the Republican presidential nominee.






    Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a sign during a campaign rally at the BB&T Center, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016, in Sunrise, Fla. Evan Vucci AP Photo

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    ORLANDO, FLA. Straying from his trademark bravado, Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday that his presidential campaign is facing challenges and could ultimately fall short — a rare expression of humility by the Republican presidential nominee.

    Trump's most explicit concession came as he pleaded for support at a gathering of evangelical ministers, where Trump observed he was "having a tremendous problem in Utah." It came the same day the billionaire celebrity acknowledged that his lack of political correctness could cost him the election if Americans reject his blunt approach.


    "We're having a problem," Trump told the ministers, adding that the next president could get to nominate up to five high court justices. "It could cost us the Supreme Court."


    After trouncing 16 challengers in the Republican primary, Trump is encountering worrying signs as his campaign moves into the general election. Democrat Hillary Clinton's lead over Trump in national polls has widened in recent days, while a number of fellow Republicans have declared they won't support their own party's presidential nominee.


    In Utah, typically a reliably Republican state, Trump's challenges have been particularly striking. The state's large Mormon population has voiced serious skepticism about Trump, though the state's GOP governor has endorsed him.


    "We've really been given a false narrative," Trump said of his struggles in Utah.


    Yet in other traditionally GOP-leaning states like Arizona and Georgia, too, Republicans are concerned Trump's unpopularity could give Democrats an improbable victory. The concerns are compelling enough that dozens of worried Republicans gathered signatures Thursday for a letter to the GOP party chairman urging him to stop helping Trump and focus on protecting vulnerable House and Senate candidates.


    Trump, who typically boasts of how overwhelmingly he's going to win the election, seemed less assured during a round of interviews and public appearances on Thursday. Asked by CNBC how he planned to reverse the advantage that Clinton has opened over him, Trump said he simply planned to do "the same thing I'm doing right now."


    "At the end, it's either going to work, or I'm going to, you know, I'm going to have a very, very nice, long vacation," Trump said.


    Expressing anything other than confidence fewer than three months to Election Day is an unusual posture for a major party presidential nominee. But GOP strategist Mike DuHaime, who advised Trump ally Chris Christie's presidential bid, said there could be benefits to Trump's newfound self-awareness.


    "Showing some vulnerability, admitting there are some vulnerabilities, humanizes him and could potentially make him more likable," DuHaime said.


    At the evangelical summit in Orlando, Trump beseeched religious leaders to convince their followers to show up to vote for him, gently chiding evangelicals for failing to vote in large enough numbers for GOP nominee Mitt Romney in 2012. He said Christians, who make up a majority of the American electorate, need to have their voices heard.


    "Whatever you can do, I appreciate it," he said.


    Trump's unusually candid reflection about the uncertainty of his electoral prospects came as he's struggled to keep the focus on his opponent — Clinton — and avoid unwanted distractions. Earlier this week he caused a major stir with comments about the Second Amendment that were perceived as advocating violence against Clinton, and found himself facing questions yet again after declaring Wednesday that President Barack Obama was the "founder" of the Islamic State group — a claim that's patently false.


    Those dust-ups reinforced concerns among Trump supporters that a lack of discipline could imperil his chances. Even as he was given opportunities Thursday to clean up his quip about Obama from a day earlier, Trump instead took it further.


    He brushed off conservative radio commentator Hugh Hewitt's attempt to reframe Trump's observation as one that said Obama's foreign policy created the conditions in Iraq and Syria that allowed IS to thrive.


    "No, I meant he's the founder of ISIS. I do," Trump said, using another acronym for the extremist group that has wreaked havoc from the Middle East to European cities.


    Hewitt asked Trump if he would acknowledge that Obama hates the Islamic State, noting that the president is "trying to kill them." Over the past two years Obama has organized a broad coalition of countries and launched more than 10,000 U.S. airstrikes to defeat IS.


    "I don't care," the billionaire businessman replied. "He was the founder. The way he got out of Iraq - that was the founding of ISIS, OK?"


    The GOP letter to Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus warns that Trump's "divisiveness, recklessness, incompetence, and record-breaking unpopularity risk turning this election into a Democratic landslide," according to a draft obtained by The Associated Press. At least 70 Republicans have signed the letter so far, according to Republican operative Andrew Weinstein, who said it included five former members of Congress and 16 former RNC staffers.


    The RNC did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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    Straying from his trademark bravado, Donald Trump acknowledged Thursday that his presidential campaign is facing challenges and could ultimately fall short — a rare expression of humility by the Republican presidential nominee.


    There are some on this site that didn't think there was a problem with the campaign, but the candidate himself is admitting what most have known for a while. This is the beginning of the end or something better, self awareness that enables people to change and learn from their mistakes. Clearly he doesn't have all the answers and even though his message resonated with many in the primaries it is the messenger and his baffoonery that has caused such an admission today. His world is great as he says if this doesn't work out for him, but he would have surely left us with a bigger mess if Hillary gets in. Smarten up Trump, there is plenty of time for you to figure out what you have to do and be for the next 90 days. We are counting on you!

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    Trump's most explicit concession came as he pleaded for support at a gathering of evangelical ministers, where Trump observed he was "having a tremendous problem in Utah." It came the same day the billionaire celebrity acknowledged that his lack of political correctness could cost him the election if Americans reject his blunt approach.
    Utah is the fault of Mitt Romney and his influence there with the Mormon Church whose policies and teachings support open borders and free trade.

    Trump is right, either Americans want his blunt straight-talk approach and abilities and will to fix our country, or they don't. Voters will decide this. The choices couldn't be more clear. Either Americans want to save their country and elect Donald Trump President so he can help US to do that, or they want to ride the dive to the bottom and ensure the United States becomes the World's Largest Banana Republic under Hillary Clinton.

    The problem isn't his campaign, it's not his rhetoric, he is not a "buffoon", and none of the drop in the polls are ones if they're real and there is some major doubt about that, that can't rise in a weekend and I believe they will.
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    Judy wrote:

    The problem isn't his campaign, it's not his rhetoric, he is not a "buffoon", and none of the drop in the polls are ones if they're real and there is some major doubt about that, that can't rise in a weekend and I believe they will.
    So what is the problem?

    I did not call him a baffoon so please get the facts straight.

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    Clearly he doesn't have all the answers and even though his message resonated with many in the primaries it is the messenger and his baffoonery that has caused such an admission today.
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    Donald Trump sincerely wants the best for the nation. He will not bow to lobbyists and special interests. He is not scripted and whatever he has said that offends could not be compared to the deliberate destruction of America undertaken by Democrats and Republicans for their own self interests, global power and money. That should offend us all.

    Mr. Trump does want to "Make America Great Again "and we should all want the same. Watching his speeches and listening to his words at rallies can lead one to this conclusion. The others are puppets and "America First" is not their goal.

    Mr. Trump would demand accountability. Does anyone else in government? We keep getting the same results. We would not get the same results with a President Trump. The bright light would shine on the corrupt waste and practices of this government.

    Foreign governments would be paying their fair share of any collaborations. America would no longer be a doormat to be used by everyone else.

    The only way Donald Trump will lose is if people don't vote.
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